The renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, a 5.3 per cent increase from 2016, according to the latest figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
UK Researchers have created graphene-infused concrete that is twice as strong but has far lower carbon emissions than ordinary concrete.
Many cities have transitioned to LED street lighting, but researchers think algae may be the illumination of the future.
Finland's air quality is better than that of any other country on earth, according to statistics from the World Health Organisation published by the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
New York has said it will become the first city to report its progress towards U.N. global development goals, underscoring the growing importance of urban centres in combating poverty, inequality and climate change.
The bill that is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, 2021, will specifically prohibits the sale and distribution of sunscreens that contain oxybenzone and octinoxate.
Three offshore wind plants will be constructed in the North Sea and three in the Baltic Sea between 2021 and 2025.
Unlike plastics made from petroleum products, the new kind can be converted back to its original small-molecule state, and remade into new plastics over and over.
Bhutan has been referred to by several places as the world’s first (and only) carbon negative country, in that it removes four times more greenhouse emissions then it produces.
Australia’s government has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars toward protecting the Great Barrier Reef, in what’s being called the largest single investment in the embattled ecosystem ever.
Tech evangelists dream of a future when we’re all liberated from mundane work by artificial intelligence. In the long term, automation of labor might benefit the human species immensely.
A team of researchers in South Korea have developed a 3D printing platform for creating customized food items. The technology can be precisely control the structure of food at a microscopic level.
A reverse vending machine manufacturer in Malaysia creates one-of-a-kind take-back machines that reward consumers with gold bullion. The machines accept both plastic bottles and aluminium cans.
Neonicotinoids, the world’s most widely used insecticides, will be banned for use in fields within six months.
Kenya, Vanuatu, UK, Taiwan, Zimbabwe, Montreal, Malibu, Seattle, Australia, Canada, Hamburg, France, New Delhi, Morocco, Rwanda and New York have made serious strides in the race against plastic.
